Doctoral researcher

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Current - 2017

• Dissertation research focus: Impact of identity on decisions relevant to labor market outcomes; cleaned and analyzed datasets with over 1000 observations
• Collaborated with researchers in Psychology, Marketing, Management, and Human Development departments across 2 institutions
• Supervised psychology honors student in developing a yearlong independent research project

Researcher

Self-Solutions

Washington, DC

Current - 2016

• Composed white papers and surveys to promote inclusion, safety, and innovative practices in organizations

Data entry, cleaning, and reproducible data management/analysis practices in R

Social and Behavioral Science Initiative

Philadelphia, PA

2019

• Taught principles of cleaning data using the tidyverse in R

Intergroup biases

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

2019

• 1.5 hour guest lecture to 200 Social Psychology students

The effects of voice pitch and race on perceived leadership ability and threat

International Convention of Psychological Science

Paris, France

2019

PhD Candidate, Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Current - 2017

• GAPSA-Provost Fellow for Interdisciplinary Innovation: $6000 funding to examine the effects of virtual reality intervention on racial prejudice
• Center for Teaching and Learning Certificate: pursued advanced training for teaching at the university level

MA Candidate, Statistics

University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School

Philadelphia, PA

Current - 2017

• For the thesis, derived insights on how race and voice pitch interact to affect person perception using multilevel linear modeling

BA, Psychology (cum laude)

University of Maryland, College Park

College Park, MD

2017 - 2014

• BSOS Summer Scholar: Research project examining effects of confronting prejudice on interpersonal relationships
• Research assistant with the Identity and Diversity Management Lab and the Language and Music Cognition Lab